Make the most of college; don’t graduate with regrets
I recently was involved in a dinner-table discussion with recent college graduates. The sentiment of the conversation was a bit cliché, but thought-provoking. Graduates have real jobs in the real world and real regrets.
Mind the wage gap
For millennials, the generation born between 1980 and 2000, there’s something else that should also be in the national dialogue: the gender wage disparity.
Students take, but don’t give back to city
These projects bring money into the city and help the school in like fashion, but they come with some negatives; one is in the behavior of a booming student body, the other, the new sense of community that VCU’s expansion brings.
Mentoring works for both mentee and tutor
When I first met Nehemiah, I could tell he was a character. Out of his entire first grade class, he was the biggest, which meant that picking fights was a norm. He was unmotivated and disengaged from his schoolwork and loved to goof off with his friends during class.
College co-op programs could ease unemployment
As student debt soars as high as ever, Virginia state legislators should look to encourage college co-op programs at public universities as a potential solution to the unemployment hurdles that some recent graduates are experiencing.
Monroe Park plan would benefit VCU
From Civil War-era campsites to VCU block parties, Monroe Park has seen it all.
The art of grieving
My colleague, Daniel E. Perdue, an assistant professor in the Religious Studies Program (Buddhist Studies) died on Nov. 18 and was buried on Nov. 23. He had been ill for longer than a year, finally succumbing to pancreatic cancer, in spite of radical surgery (Whipple procedure), radiation, chemotherapy, acupuncture, and a host of “natural” remedies.
Cut the red tape of student organization funding
VCU is home to more than 500 student organizations, and all of them often require financial aid from the university. The overbearing financial process at our school for legitimate requests, however, proves to be a hindrance for clubs.
Stadium plan needs to account for community
With all the buzz surrounding Richmond mayor Dwight Jones’ recent proposal to build a baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom, you would think a major league team is coming to town.
End class registration pains
Whenever I hear the words, ‘class registration,’ I cringe. Signing up for classes is one of the worst experiences I have to go through at VCU because it’s an over-complicated and inefficient process.